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Picking up the pieces
The writing on the wall is clear. The paradigms of not only growth and welfare but of survival and safety have to be rewritten The last 13 weeks or so have been exceptional and unprecedented in experience, reflection and all that goes with it. The dominant theme has been of...
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It is time for focussed action
22 June 2020 | Vinayshil Gautam -
Many lessons to be learnt yet
08 June 2020 | Vinayshil Gautam -
Impenetrable barriers
25 May 2020 | Vinayshil Gautam -
The cost of free expression
11 May 2020 | Vinayshil Gautam -
Awaiting the future with bated breath
27 April 2020 | Vinayshil Gautam -
A new normal is emerging
13 April 2020 | Vinayshil Gautam -
Pandemic not the first nor the last
30 March 2020 | Vinayshil Gautam
Of threat and its perception
It is nobody's case that danger is not there. It is a question of an intelligent understanding of disaster as it is possible to face it sensibly Periodically there are events which capture the people’s mind and imagination because they are so unusual. Recall the global frenzy at the beginning of...
Time to study the unspoken rules
It is one of the gaps of sociological studies that social mores have rarely been subjected to scholastic scrutiny Life is a profound yet subtle experience. The origins of norms, values and regulations are visible only at a certain level and in the context of certain experiences. For instance, consider the...
Revisiting the fundamentals
The world has progressed exponentially but the way forward is to select carefully from the creative method that applies to one’s context The world progresses because it has pioneers. To be deemed a pioneer, a person must be able to do something which was never quite done before. It may be...
Marketing new perspectives
The overarching dominance of the Planning Commission and then the NITI Aayog have blurred the focus on regional development The change in nature of markets has created several universes within its fold, so as to almost require an interpreter to talk from one segment to another. Yet in a country like...
Endless protests and their fallout
For any protest to last beyond a small fraction of sustainable time, it needs the support of sponsors. The challenge is in keeping it free from vested interests There’s a feeling of disquiet among segments of the cross section of a news-aware people across the country. They consume news either in...
The dark world of bright crystals
Perhaps one day, management experts will wake up to the sorry state of affairs and the despicable conditions of those involved in crystal mining Business is fickle because, like the rising sun, an emerging success is always welcomed and the declining sun is ever-abjured. At the end of the day, there...
